"Barbara" Rubber Doll

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Title

"Barbara" Rubber Doll

Subject

History

Material culture.

Dolls--1950-1960.

Description

A rubber doll called "Mary Jane" by its contributor, Patricia Ford Neal. She acquired the doll sometime between 1956-1958 in her childhood when her aunt gave it to her. Her aunt "sent the doll to Santa Claus" to get hair in the same decade, which the doll has since lost. The doll's limbs were capable of manipulation and it could also simulate drinking.